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almost 15 months and refusing veggies

Sorry i havent really been on the board recently but just have a question regarding refusing food. Dd will be 15 months in a few days. For the past couple weeks she's been eating fewer vegetables than ever. Even old favorites like carrots and sometimes potato's. She will eat sweet potatoes but just picks at them. She's really into fruit at the moment though. I took grapes out the fridge earlier and she went absolutely mad until I gave her one. Is this normal? How do I encourage her to eat her veggies again?

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My doesn't eat as much veg as she used to used to be a right broccoli monster to the point she would tant if she'd eaten hers and could see ours now she hardly touches it but I just keep offering she eats loads of fruit so happy she's getting plenty of goodness.

She really into peas at the minute my lo is also nearly 15 months may just be a phase

DS (dear son) was never a veg fan unless it was in some kind of sauce. We always offer and at 22m he is starting to eat it more often. I just tend to hide veg in a lot of stuff and make double amounts of roasted veg and mash half into sauces and casseroles etc.

Not sure how correct it is but I read toddlers taste can be much more sensitive than adults so a lot of veg is actually very bitter for them.

My LO (little one) is 14 months and has started picking at veggies also :-( I just keep offering and I've found dishes that include veggies are more acceptable to her than serving them on their own. Today I finely grated a bit of a courgette and made scrambled eggs with it - bit hit! She also likes soups (so far). Unlike yours she doesn't like fruit though, she only had a few types she liked but now we seem to be down to bananas on a good day!

Just keep offering a variety of veggies, and don't make a big fuss about it. My LO (little one) goes off and on different ones, but there's always something he will eat. Try some different vegetables that you might not normally have. My LO (little one) eats green beans like they are sweeties - gets a handful and stuffs them in! I wouldn't choose them as a veggie, but am happy for him to have them!

I find putting something on LOs plate that he definitely likes to draw him in is good, then ignore him while he trys out the other stuff. And make sure they see you eating at the same time. I don't make a fuss if LO (little one) doesn't eat something, just take the plate away and try the food again another time.

Kids are really annoying this way! I was like this. My daughter (18 months) tends to refuse veg, so I continue to offer, and do not replenish what she does like (i.e. rice, pasta), so once she's finished she might move on to the veg. I also make roasted veg pasta sauce. It's all trial and error with her.

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